DE TERUGKEER VAN DE ZWALUWEN [THE RETURN OF THE SWALLOWS]
"In 1998, Els Dietvorst made the move from Brasschaat to the capital, Brussels. In the project The Return of the Swallows she entered into dialogue with residents of Brussels’ multicultural Anneesens district. The project resulted in long-running processes, in newspapers, presentations, films and above all, in encounters with many of Brussels’ immigrant residents. For Els Dietvorst, art always originates from (a collaboration with) people." (Eva Wittocx)
"I want to research how artists can become independent agents of social processes, partisans of the real. The interaction between artist and social situation, between art and extra artistic context has led to a new form of art: context art. The objective of the social structure of art is the participation in the social structure of reality." (ED)